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SVPGlobal, also known as Strategic Value Partners, is an investment firm focused on distressed debt and private equity investing. The firm often takes an active role in transactions, either during the restructuring process or by participating on creditors’ committees.

History
SVPGlobal was founded by chief investment officer Victor Khosla in 2001.

In 2012, SVPGlobal gained control of German plastics maker Klöckner Pentaplast as part of a restructuring. In 2014, the firm acquired UK packaging group Linpac after buying up large chunks of debt related to a 2003 takeover. SVPGlobal combined the two companies in 2017, with Klöeckner buying Linpac.

The firm’s Strategic Value Restructuring Fund posted returns of 21.66% in 2016 and 8 percent in 2017.

In 2020, an SVPGlobal-led consortium acquired air-cargo handler Swissport International AG in a debt-for-equity swap that includes 500 million euros long-term debt facility and a 300 million euros interim debt facility.

In October 2020, SVPGlobal closed on a $1.7 billion fund focused on capturing investment opportunities created by the dislocation resulting from the pandemic. The closing of this fund lifted SVPGlobal’s assets under management to more than double its size five years ago.